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Boruto: Naruto the Movie

Thanks for the copyedit. I tried editing those lines you mentioned and removed the preview as you recommended me. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

November 2017 GOCE Drive awards

		The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star
		This barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copy edits totaling over 100,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Articles, 1st Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copyediting 51 articles during the GOCE November 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 1st Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copyediting 118,954 total words during the GOCE November 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 1st Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copyediting 6 long articles during the GOCE November 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 1st Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copyediting 35 old articles during the GOCE November 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 1st Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 10,260 words – during the GOCE November 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A sweep! Well done, as always. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: Thanks so much! Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:19, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Spitfire copyedit, Pt. 2

Hello. I initiated an A-class review for Spitfire. There are a lot of copy edit problems the editors have found. Wouldn't you mind helping me get this article to A-class and maybe Featured? (Here's the link to the review) Thank you in advance. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 19:56, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@FriyMan: I'll have a look at it for you over the next day or so. Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:01, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 05:07, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to join WP:RRTF

Hello, Twofingered Typist! I'd like to invite you to join the Rick Riordan Task Force (formerly the "Percy Jackson" Task Force) of WikiProject Novels. We work to improve articles related to Rick Riordan and his books. We appreciated your edits to The Red Pyramid and hope you'll consider membership, or even just becoming a supporter. Please, check out our project page or contact me to learn more! -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 19:52, 10 December 2017 (UTC) [reply]
*Please note that membership is open only to full users. If you currently edit with an IP address, please consider creating an account today! We would love to have you.

GOCE

Hello! You've helped with so many articles, I hesitate to add this to your plate, but I'm not sure where else to go. I was a little disappointed by some of the suggestions made to the Joanne (Lady Gaga song) article on behalf of GOCE. I think all edits have been reverted, by two different editors, but I was wondering if you might have a chance to double check and see if any constructive edits are needed. If you're not really interested, no problem, just thought I'd ask. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:02, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) I'm having a go at it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:59, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Iveta Mukuchyan

Hello! I have nominated an article for copy editing and I have seen that you copy edit articles. If you have are interested, please have a look at the article. It contains some minor grammar mistakes. If possible, I would be so grateful. Harout (talk) 20:52 19 December 2017 (UTC)

@Harut111: Editors working on GOCE requests generally work through the list from oldest to most recently added articles. Yours was added two days ago. It should be less than a few weeks before an editor will be able to work on it. Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:34, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nevertheless . . .

Hi. I was intrigued by one of your edits, at https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Regine_Velasquez&diff=next&oldid=816053850, where you switched "however" from the middle of the sentence to the beginning. So much intrigued that I did an internet search and found that, contrary to my own practice during decades of editing, it is now considered OK to begin a sentence with that H— word. Nevertheless, having been afflicted by Strunk & Whiteism as a young man, I really prefer my howevers to be tucked inside of sentences instead of being jarringly set out at the front.

All this is a suggestion that the placement of "however" is a matter of taste rather than of copy editing and that the word should not be switched without a better reason than "I don't think it should be there." That's only my opinion, and I offer it simply as an observation, not as an invitation to do internet battle.

Sincerely, your friend, one who has BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 15:45, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@BeenAroundAWhile: My observation is that improving the flow of an article for the reader is not a matter of taste — so we'll agree to disagree. Regards Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:38, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

	Happy Holidays
	Wishing you a happy holiday season! Times flies and 2018 is around the corner. Thank you for your contributions. ~ K.e.coffman (talk) 00:50, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas to all!

	We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2018!
	Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Glorious, Prosperous New Year! God bless! — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:55, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News

Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News

Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen.

>>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<<

>>> Participate in the Coordinator Elections! <<<

Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year.

March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.)

April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words).

May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words).

June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words).

2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated!

July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words).

August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).

September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).

October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words).

November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words).

2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating!

Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Keira1996.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:04, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 04:38, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Holiday greetings and Blitz articles

Merry Christmas! I was going to play Santa and give out the Blitz awards, and just wanted to check if you've added all the articles you wanted to claim for the week. (It looks like you could add Satsu (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Erich Hoepner to your list.) – Reidgreg (talk) 14:25, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Reidgreg: Right ... I'd been meaning to do that—but got sidetracked. Thanks! Cheers !! Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:32, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

December 2017 Guild of Copy Editors Blitz Award

		The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Twofingered Typist for copy edits totaling over 20,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE December 2017 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:53, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ronin (film)

Hello Twofinger, thanks for answering my copy edit request. On this sentence clause under "Style and influences", "...a wipe made by two extras by walking across the frame, which has then transitioned to a tracking shot of Jean Reno entering the bistro," could you verify from this clip of the movie on YouTube if I have illustrated this scene in the article properly like how it was shown in the movie? The invisible wipe transition occurs at 2:09 mark when two extras cross in the middle of the shot. I just don't want readers scratching their heads over this one. Regards, Slightlymad 15:13, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]